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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 171<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229719,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76589,"identifier":"46.2-1200.2","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/1\/46.2-1200.2","url":"\/46.2-1200.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1200.2\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12\/1\/46.2-1200.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vehicles registered to active duty military personnel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1200.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a vehicle<\/span> is shown by the Department<\/span> records to be owned by a person who has indicated that he is on active military duty or service, the Department<\/span> shall include such information in response to requests for vehicle<\/span> information pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, any person disposing of a vehicle<\/span> under the provisions of this chapter shall determine whether the provisions of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. \u00a7 3901 et seq.) (the Act) apply to the circumstances of such disposition<\/span>. The presence on a vehicle<\/span> record of an indicator that the owner<\/span> is on active military duty or service shall be an indication that the Act may apply. However, should the person determine that the Act applies, the indicator on the vehicle<\/span> record shall not satisfy any obligation under the Act to ascertain the owner<\/span>’s military status, nor shall the absence of an indicator suffice to establish that the owner<\/span> is not on active military duty or service.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVEHICLES REGISTERED TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL (\u00a7 46.2-1200.2)\n\nWhenever a vehicle is shown by the Department records to be owned by a person\nwho has indicated that he is on active military duty or service, the Department\nshall include such information in response to requests for vehicle information\npursuant to the requirements of this chapter.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, any person disposing of a\nvehicle under the provisions of this chapter shall determine whether the\nprovisions of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. \u00a7 3901 et\nseq.) (the Act) apply to the circumstances of such disposition. The presence on\na vehicle record of an indicator that the owner is on active military duty or\nservice shall be an indication that the Act may apply. However, should the\nperson determine that the Act applies, the indicator on the vehicle record shall\nnot satisfy any obligation under the Act to ascertain the owner’s military\nstatus, nor shall the absence of an indicator suffice to establish that the\nowner is not on active military duty or service.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 171; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 374.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}